{"id":329,"date":"2005-04-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/329.html"},"modified":"2005-04-05T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-05T10:00:00","slug":"329-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2005\/04\/329-2\/","title":{"rendered":"161 &#8211; 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/graphics\/openingday.jpg\"><br \/><strong>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; <\/strong>Opening Day was wonderful! We went, we saw, we lost, we didn&#8217;t care because we were so happy to have a team.<\/p>\n<p>We were also blown away by Citizens Bank Park. No, really we were blown away, there were gusts of 35 MPH or more.<\/p>\n<p>I will have more details and photos later &#8212; hopefully this evening. It looks like Comcast and Blogger are conspiring against me this morning; my connectivity is terrible and Blogger was giving me errors. I blame <b>Peter Angelo$<\/b>. I will have to just link to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/sports\/leaguesandsports\/mlb\/washington\/?nav=left\"><b>Nationals section<\/b><\/a> on <i>The Post<\/i> and <i>The Wash. Times<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washtimes.com\/sports\/\"><b>Sports section<\/b><\/a> and hope that I can even get that published.<\/p>\n<p>More to come this evening&#8230;I think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHILADELPHIA &#8212; Opening Day was wonderful! We went, we saw, we lost, we didn&#8217;t care because we were so happy to have a team. We were also blown away by Citizens Bank Park. No, really we were blown away, there were gusts of 35 MPH or more. 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